June 17, Friday, 7:30pm
Liszt III: The Melodist – Carte Blanche to Alban Gerhardt
Chelsea Art Museum, 556 W. 22nd St. at 11th Ave.
Internationally renowned star cellist and CMF 2011 Artist-in-Residence Alban Gerhardt collaborates with Festival musicians to create an evening filled with music centered around this evening’s theme, exploring the beauty and necessity of melody.
PROGRAM
Songs without Words, Op. 109…………...........……………...……F. Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Elegy No. 2, S. 197…………..……………………........……..............……....F. Liszt (1811-1886)
La lugubre gondola, S. 200…………......................…..........................…..………………F. Liszt
Alban Gerhardt, cello
Helen Huang, piano
Irrwege-vergraben Lücke* (2008)……………….…….............…………Mathias Hinke (b. 1973)
Alban Gerhardt, cello
Melinda Lee Masur, piano
Intermission
String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36………………….............….…… J. Brahms (1833-1897)
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Scherzo - Allegro non troppo - Presto giocoso
III. Adagio
IV. Poco allegro
Ye-Eun Choi and Gergana Gergova, violin
Rebecca Young and Robert Meyer, viola
Alban Gerhardt and Thomas Kaufmann, cello
June 17, Friday, 10:00pm
Liszt REMIX
Chelsea Art Museum, 556 W. 22nd St. at 11th Ave.
Come relax over a glass of wine and hear Composer-in-Residence Doug Balliett adeptly fuse classical songs and melodies, hip-hop beats and electronic music in a late-night event that will leave you chilling and grooving to the new sounds of a remixed Liszt.
PROGRAM
Am See ………………………........................…..F. Schubert(1797-1828) / F. Liszt (1811-1886)
Marjorie Landsmark-DeLewis, piano
Liszt Remixed* † ………………...........................…….......…………..…Doug Balliett (b. 1982)
Alison Fletcher, voice
Christopher Matthews, alto flute
Arthur Sato, English horn
Nicholas Gallas, bass clarinet
Brad Balliett, David Richmond, Adrian Morejon, Benjamin Baer, bassoon
Robert Meyer, viola
Thomas Kaufmann, Angela Lee, Wendy Warner, Alban Gerhardt, cello
Doug Balliett, electric bass
Pavlin Nechev, piano/keyboard
Rogerio Boccato, drum set
* World Premiere (2011)
† Commissioned Work for the Chelsea Music Festival 2011
